2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

CSE 5231 COMPUTER NETWORKS (3 credits). Introduces network design,
protocol, function layering, networking architectures (TCP/IP, frame relay, ATM)
and components (hubs, routers, switches), analytical issues (throughput, delay,
bandwidth management, congestion and error control, sliding windows, retransmission
strategies, contention resolution) and network traffic analysis methodologies.
Prerequisites: CSE 2400, MTH 1002.
CSE 5232 NETWORK PROGRAMMING (3 credits). Covers design and implementation
of programs that communicate with other programs across a computer
network. Includes common protocols, network management and debugging
tools, server- and client-side networking, presentation layer, secure socket layer,
multithreading, exceptions, remote procedure call and peer-to-peer networking.
Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
CSE 5233 COMPUTER FORENSICS (3 credits). Introduces concepts and techniques
for the seizure and examination of digital evidence, along with the legal
and ethical issues related to reporting on the results. Covers forensic tools and
investigative procedures and includes a survey of current literature. Prerequisites:
CSE 3120, CSE 4001.
CSE 5234 WEB APPLICATIONS (3 credits). Covers design and implementation
of programs that offer services over the Web. Addresses Web-related standards and
trends, browser compatibility, Web-related security and authentication, architectures,
multimedia support, accessibility and internationalization. Involves projects
using multiple technologies. Prerequisites: CSE 1002 or ECE 2552.
CSE 5240 PARALLEL PROCESSING (3 credits). Investigates architectures for
parallel computers and parallel algorithms for computational problems. Discusses
performance evaluation metrics for the performance of parallel processing.
CSE 5241 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (3 credits). Studies the fundamental
concepts in software systems that support and work in a distributed computing environment.
Includes discussion of network communication mechanisms, distributed
operating systems, services supporting distributed systems, distributed database
systems, fault-tolerant systems and distributed algorithms. Prerequisites: CSE 4001.
CSE 5250 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (3 credits). Surveys programming language
concepts including language features, implementation issues and language
groups. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010.
CSE 5251 COMPILER THEORY AND DESIGN (3 credits). Covers extensively the
major topics of compiler design. Includes lexical analysis, scanner-generator tools,
parsing, syntax-directed translation, static semantic checking, storage organizations,
code generation and code optimization. Prerequisites: CSE 2010, CSE 3120.
CSE 5260 DATABASE SYSTEMS (3 credits). Introduces the analysis and design
of typical database systems. Includes theoretical and practical aspects of designing
database systems and a substantial project. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010.
CSE 5272 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits). Examines
concepts of modern computer security from a practical point of view. Includes
vulnerability analysis, threat modeling and risk assessment, and techniques for
asset protection. Discusses economic, legal and ethical issues in computer security.
Emphasizes a system-wide view of security and includes a survey of current
literature. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CSE 5280 COMPUTER GRAPHICS (3 credits). Presents the graphics pipeline
for polygonal-based models. Includes mathematical concepts and data structures
for graphics, coordinate systems, clipping, scan conversion, hidden-object detection,
rendering, color models and graphics programming standards. Prerequisites:
CSE 2050 or CIS 5200, MTH 1002.
CSE 5281 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (3 credits). Studies the theories and
techniques of human-computer interaction and the design of direct manipulation
graphical-user interfaces that support menus, buttons, sliders and other widgets
for input, text and graphics for output. Students design, implement and evaluate
a graphical-user interface.
CSE 5283 COMPUTER VISION (3 credits). Develops computational methods
that model the capacity of the human vision system. Develops main concepts of
computer vision research and its applications including robot navigation and interaction,
autonomous exploration, traffic monitoring, biometrics identification and
building 3-D images. Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
CSE 5290 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (3 credits). Introduces the theoretical
foundations of artificial intelligence, focusing on the areas of automated reasoning,
search and heuristics. Introduces an AI language to implement concepts.
Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010.
CSE 5400 TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (3 credits). Current topics in computer
science at the introductory graduate level. Topics vary and the course may be
repeated for credit. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
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CSE 5401 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (1-3 credits).
Working closely with a faculty member, the student probes a subject in greater
depth than is normally possible in a regular class. Requires a comprehensive paper
or an applied research project. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
CSE 5402 PROJECTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (1-3 credits). Working closely
with a faculty member, the student develops a project in computer science to a
greater depth than is normally possible in a regular class. Requires an applied
research project. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
CSE 5500 COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR (0 credits). Presentations by
faculty, graduate students and guest speakers on topics of current interest. May
be repeated for credit.
CSE 5501 COMPUTER SCIENCES INTERNSHIP (0 credits). Industry-based
internship experience under the supervision of a graduate faculty member, to provide
professional experience for graduate students without prior experience in a practical
information technology setting. (Requirement: At least nine graduate credit hours
in computer sciences completed with at least a 3.0 GPA, and instructor approval.)
CSE 5610 COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY (3 credits). Reviews problems,
algorithms, Turing machines and computability. Studies Boolean and first-order
logic, leading to undecidability results; and relations among complexity classes using
reductions and completeness. Presents approximate and randomized algorithms.
Prerequisites: CSE 5210, CSE 5211.
CSE 5615 COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3 credits). Introduces
important computational problems related to molecular biology. Includes motif
finding, approximate sequence alignment, phylogeny construction and system
biology. Requires knowledge in programming, discrete mathematics, data structures
and algorithms. Does not require prerequisite biological sciences (BIO) course.
CSE 5630 ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS (3 credits). Studies in detail the
design and implementation of an operating system. Discusses various data structures
and algorithms for process, memory and input/output device management.
Investigates issues in distributed operating systems. Prerequisites: CSE 4001.
CSE 5636 NETWORK SECURITY (3 credits). Covers network intrusion detection,
statistical anomaly detection and network perimeter security, and traffic monitoring
including tools (Ethereal, TCPDUMP) used to analyze captured traffic streams.
Overviews methods and tools used by hackers. Includes statistical anomaly detection
and its role in detecting previously unseen attacks. Prerequisites: CSE 5231
or ECE 5535.
CSE 5650 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (3 credits). Presents
theoretical topics in programming languages. Includes the lambda-calculus, functional
programming, type interface and different approaches to the semantics of
programming languages. Prerequisites: CSE 5250.
CSE 5656 THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF COMPLEX NETWORKS
(3 credits). Explores complex networks by studying theory, developing algorithmic
results and investigating applications related to networks’ distribution and
redistribution of information, water, food and energy; representation of physical
pipes, personal relationships or the manifestation of economic interdependencies.
(Requirement: Instructor approval for undergraduate registration.) Prerequisites:
CSE 2400 or MTH 2401.
CSE 5660 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3 credits). Studies the internal
components of a database management system (DBMS). Includes data organization,
query optimization, transaction processing, concurrency control, logging and
recovery, security and distributed DBMS. Prerequisites: CSE 5260.
CSE 5670 SOFTWARE DESIGN METHODS (3 credits). Covers technical aspects
of software design and development. Includes techniques to decompose a system
into objects, methods for designing an object’s data structure and techniques for
writing and verifying code. Prerequisites: CSE 5270.
CSE 5672 INTRODUCTION TO MALICIOUS MOBILE CODE (3 credits).
Introduces the underlying concepts of viruses, Trojans and worms. Includes lowlevel
virus structure, buffer overruns, viral epidemiology, virus/worm countermeasures,
and new and novel algorithms for virus detection. Overviews practical, safe
computing. Requires a signed ethics statement. (Requirement: Prerequisite course
or equivalent.) Prerequisites: CSE 3120.
CSE 5673 CRYPTOLOGY (3 credits). Focuses on making and breaking codes.
Students learn how to crack enciphered messages without knowing the enciphering
keys. Covers modern encryption and its application to digital signatures, digital
cash, voting and cryptographic protocols. Prerequisites: CSE 2010.
CSE 5683 ADVANCED COMPUTER VISION (3 credits). Reviews recent technologies
and trends of computer vision and image analysis. Research oriented for
graduate computer science and engineering students. Prerequisites: CSE 5283.